Iulian Marinescu - Innovation & Technology Consultant

Dr. in Engineering | Innovation management | Product development | 15 years' experience| New Product innovation (NPI) | Capability Aquizition (CA)

Current Project: SONIC Labs - Cohort /Open Call- Open RAN Innovation Programme

10-07-2025

I am currently running / working on the Open Call/ Cohort for Technology access programme for Open RAN 5G - Sonic Labs

SONIC Labs (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) is a world-leading innovation programme and R&D facility based in central London at Digital Catapult

Part of this Programme we have a Technology Access programme and several Open Calls/Cohorts. I joined to help with the cohort 6 accelerator programme. Working with International companies, Taiwan, Canada, UK, Sweden and Belgium and funding bodies like Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

SONIC brings together the leading players of Open RAN innovators, industry, academia and government to inform our work and drive long term industry adoption of open network technologies.

Technology Access Programme (TAP) - Open Call/Cohort
The currentt Open call is closed and it is in delivery phase Find out more here
SONIC Programme
SONIC Labs (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) - Click here to read more about the SONIC programme.
What is 5G - Telefonica Article
Found out a good Telefonica article about what is 5G. - Click to find out more
What is OPEN RAN - Ericsson article
Found out a good Ericsson article about OPEN RAN - Click to find out more